responsum

Latin

Etymology

From respondeō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /resˈpon.sum/, [rɛsˈpõː.sũ]

Noun

respōnsum n (genitive respōnsī); second declension

  1. answer, response

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative respōnsum respōnsa
Genitive respōnsī respōnsōrum
Dative respōnsō respōnsīs
Accusative respōnsum respōnsa
Ablative respōnsō respōnsīs
Vocative respōnsum respōnsa

Descendants

Verb

respōnsum

  1. supine of respondeō

Participle

respōnsum

  1. nominative neuter singular of respōnsus
  2. accusative masculine singular of respōnsus
  3. accusative neuter singular of respōnsus
  4. vocative neuter singular of respōnsus

References
  • responsum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • responsum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • responsum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • responsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to extract an answer from some one: responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre
    • (ambiguous) to give an oracular response: responsum dare (vid. sect. VIII. 5, note Note to answer...), respondere
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